Steel cutter



Feb. 24321925.

"r; l REYNOLDS" swm CUTTER Filed Jan. 4.. 1924 WITNESS:

ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 24, 1925'.

PATENT OFFICE.

TI-IEREL I. REYNOLDS, 015 FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS.

STEEL CUTTER.

Application filed January 4, 1924. Serial No. 684,438.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEREL I. REY- NOLDS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fort Sam Houston, in the county of Bexar and Stateof Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Steel Cutters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for cut ting steel and the like, thegeneral object of the invention being to provide a manually operated.device for shearing off pieces of steel or the like by a pair of cuttingmembers which are provided with curved cutting edges.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide spring means for holdingthe cutting ll'lGll'lbQlS separated This invention also consists incertain other features of construction and in the combination andarrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, i1lustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out inthe appended claim.

ln describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a side View of the device.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3% of Figure 1.

Figure 4.- is a sectional view through the hinged connection of theknives.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through the cutting edges of the twoknives.

In these views, 1 indicates a pair of supporting members w rich are eachof inverted U-shape and 2 indicates a beam supported by such members byhaving its ends bolted thereto, as shown at 3. The extremities of thisbeam are reduced to form handles 4: by which the device can betransported.

' ing members.

Braces 5 connect the central part of the beam with the cross pieces 6 ofthe support- A stationary cutting knife 7 is bolted to the beam and amovable knife 8 is pivotally secured to the knife 7 by the pivot bolt 9.Each of these knives is provided with a curved cutting edge, as shown at10, so that a shearing cutting action is se cured. A spring 11, fastenedto the rear of the knife 8 and to one of the bolts 3, tends to hold theknife 8 in raised position and a handle 12 is connected with the forwardend of this knife 8 for actuating the same.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the knife 8 is normally held inraised position so that the object to be out can be placed between thecutting edges of the two knives. Then by pressing downwardly upon thehandle 12 the obj ect will be cut by the shearing action of the twoknives.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall witlr in the scope of the appended claim.

hat I claim is:--

A device of the class described comprising a pair of supporting members,a beam bolted to said members, handles at the ends of said beam, bracesconnecting the beam with the supporting members, a stationary knifecarried by the beam, a movable knife pivoted to the stationary knife,said knives having curved cutting edges, a spring connecting the movableknife with the beam, for normally holding the knife in raised positionand a handle member connected with the movable knife.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THEREL I. REYNOLDS.

